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By Roxanne Cooke<\/strong><\/p>\n

MultiCare announced plans in March to affiliate with Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare, based in Lakewood. The affiliation is official as of July 1.<\/p>\n

Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare operates from a succinct and inspiring vision: Empowering hope, relief and recovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look at our job as extending hope to people who don\u2019t have it,\u201d says Terri L. Card, President and CEO of Greater Lakes. \u201cWe make sure they have every opportunity to recover, just like everybody else. It\u2019s the foundation of what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

To help make this possible, Greater Lakes trains its entire workforce \u2014 not just its clinical staff \u2014 in trauma-informed care, which emphasizes physical, psychological and emotional safety for both providers and patients.<\/p>\n

About 90 percent of people who come into public mental health for care have experienced trauma one way or another, says Glenn Czerwinski, Chief Operating Officer of Greater Lakes.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople with trauma often feel unsafe, so creating an atmosphere of safety through a clean and welcoming environment that is quiet and engaging is very important,\u201d Czerwinski says.<\/p>\n

Greater Lakes serves 4,200 patients (adults and children) on an outpatient basis every month, making this its biggest service. It\u2019s same-day access, meaning that someone can walk in or call and get seen that day.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccessibility is really an important component of care for our clients because timely service is everything,\u201d Card says. \u201cIf people can\u2019t access services when they\u2019re ready, they don\u2019t access them at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the failings of public mental health is how long people have to wait,\u201d she continues. \u201cPeople in a moment of crisis are willing to get help, but when the crisis is averted or dimmed, they settle back into routine. It\u2019s important to be available when people are open to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another way Greater Lakes has made mental health more accessible is by opening clinics in underserved locations such as Spanaway and 72nd Street & Portland Avenue in Tacoma, both places with a large concentration of people on Medicaid \u2014 but no nearby mental health resources.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to us that we bring services to locations people need them,\u201d Card says.<\/p>\n

Greater Lakes also offers help to the homeless and incarcerated. Here are a few of their programs:<\/p>\n

Felony Mental Health Court<\/h3>\n

Anyone in Pierce County who commits a felony as a result of mental illness is eligible to be referred into this program. Instead of jail or prison, the program offers mental health services and the possibility of dismissing the felony charges if they successfully complete the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who have felonies have an extremely difficult time accessing housing, getting employment and having a variety of other social needs met,\u201d says Czerwinski.<\/p>\n

Community Reentry Program<\/h3>\n

This program is designed to identify individuals in Pierce County jails who are in and out of jail, emergency rooms and so on, often due to mental health challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis program wraps services around these individuals to get whatever they need so they don\u2019t reoffend and can re-enter the community,\u201d Czerwinski says.<\/p>\n

Greater Lakes\u2019 robust staff for this program includes nurses, chemical dependency professionals, case managers, therapists and peer counselors who have experienced similar challenges and can more easily relate to clients.<\/p>\n

Jail Transition Services<\/h3>\n

Greater Lakes embeds counselors in Pierce County jails for this program. As individuals are booked, these counselors screen them for mental health issues and develop a re-entry plan for those who want help.<\/p>\n

At time of release, these clients are connected with community staff who help them access Medicaid and other services in the community they might not otherwise know how to obtain.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe provide that level of support and get them connected with mental health; that\u2019s why we\u2019re there,\u201d Czerwinski says.<\/p>\n

Co-Responder Program<\/h3>\n

Also known as the COPS program, Greater Lakes partners with the Lakewood Police Department to respond to calls that require intervention by a mental health professional. The goal is to avoid arrest and instead direct people to the appropriate services in the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur mental health professionals conduct quick assessments in the field and triage the kind of services the person might need so we\u2019re diverting people from going to emergency rooms or jail,\u201d Czerwinski says. \u201cThose are two places police typically take individuals who are engaging in troubled behavior and who have potential mental health challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

Homeless Outreach<\/h3>\n

Greater Lakes contracts with the state on a federal program called Project for Assistance for Transition from Homelessness (PATH). A team of counselors go into the field to known homeless sites to engage those who might be challenged with mental health and substance use problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea is to develop a relationship with those who are homeless and have mental health issues and get them connected to services to we can hopefully stabilize them and get them onto a better path,\u201d Czerwinski says.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s so little trust among the homeless population, Card says, so it\u2019s important to spend time getting to know them and earning their trust. Giving them coupons, clothing and sleeping bags is part of that process \u2014 and when they\u2019re more comfortable, getting them to the mental health services they need.<\/p>\n

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Learn more about Greater Lakes<\/a><\/p>\n

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